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Stimulating, informative, provocative, and witty, Drive On! charts the international history of the car, decade by decade, examining how cars have adapted as a result of what society has demanded of them. While some chapters are devoted to quirky topics like “Where to Stop” and “What to Wear,” others look at the technological changes of the last century, from wooden wheels to computer control. Along the way, L.J.K. Setright, who is considered one of the world’s foremost and most forthright writers on the subject, offers fascinating divagations on everything from the origins of the word “dashboard” to the maximum speed of a raindrop.
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L. J. K. Setright has been writing for car magazines for 33 years, is a world expert on tyres and expresses forthright views on such things as speed limits, taxation, and pollution, and offers fascinating divagations on anything from the origins of the word 'dashboard' to the maximum speed of a rain drop. ( 18mph, unaided by wind)
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“Drive On! enthusiastically tosses tactoids, anecdotes, musings, and statements into a swift blast that effectively places automotive development.” -- Choice
“Compelling reading from start to finish. Each chapter is awash with opinion, fact, and above all, a fresh perspective... remarkable.” -- Classic Car Weekly
“This book draws together Setright’s elegant writing with the remarkable story of the development of the car.” -- The Times
“Compelling reading from start to finish. Each chapter is awash with opinion, fact, and above all, a fresh perspective... remarkable.” -- Classic Car Weekly
“This book draws together Setright’s elegant writing with the remarkable story of the development of the car.” -- The Times
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- PublisherPalawan Press Ltd
- ISBN 10 0954258509
- ISBN 13 9780954258504
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Drive On! A Social History Of The Motor Car [Signed Leatherbound edition]
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Limited Edition. This is a rare new copy of the Limited Leatherbound Edition [ No.182 of 250 copies ] by the exclusive publishers, Palawan Press, and written by the eminent motoring writer, LJK Setright, who has SIGNED the book. The author has chosen over 300 diverse photographs to illustrate the social history of the motor car in a book which will appeal to the motoring enthusiast, the historian and the scholar. Please note that although this edition is described by Palawan Press as the leatherbound edition it is, in fact, 1/4 bound in red Morocco leather with yellow buckram cloth and a matching red buckram clothbound slipcase. This is a large book which may require additional postage. Inventory # G2712. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 005527
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